Of course you haggle with them, that's 1/2 the fun. P7 was $950, got it for $900. Extra mag was $65, he won on that one. He didn't budge 1cent. The S&W 22 was $500, got it for $460. M1 was I think $800, he got it for $700
Gunshots have been over priced shams for many years. We did have one guy try to start up a cheap gun show in town...he held a few and then skipped town, apparently owing people money.
I agree, Wanenmachers isn't what it used to be even eight or ten years ago - anyone remember the Grand National Show about then? Half the size of Wanenmacher, but still an excellent production with a lot of older folks selling off private collections. I picked up quite a few interesting milsurps at this latter show for reasonable prices.
You can still find good deals at Wanenmacher, though. Last spring, I picked up an arsenal-rebuilt International Harvester M1 Garand in VG condition, and an IHC Gapper the year before, lacking only an IHC op rod to be all correct, for less than the going market rate. You just have to look for them and ignore the fluff.
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